Re: Permissions vs SERIAL columns - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jim C. Nasby
Subject Re: Permissions vs SERIAL columns
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Msg-id 20060103160712.GE82560@pervasive.com
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In response to Permissions vs SERIAL columns  ("Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net>)
Responses Re: Permissions vs SERIAL columns
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If nothing else, this should at least be documented in
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/datatype.html#DATATYPE-SERIAL

On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 07:32:18PM +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> Haven't seen this discussed in a while, but I do recall it being
> mentioned sometime before...
> 
> 
> The problem:
> testdb=# create table mytable (id serial, txt text);
> testdb=# grant insert on mytable to user2;
> GRANT
> testdb=# \connect testdb user2
> You are now connected to database "testdb" as user "user2".
> testdb=> insert into mytable (txt) values ('foobar');
> ERROR:  permission denied for sequence mytable_id_seq
> 
> 
> 
> What I'd like to happen is for the grant for INSERT on the table to
> cascade into an UPDATE permission on the sequence (when associated with
> a SERIAL column only, of course).
> 
> Coming from a different database, such as MSSQL, makes people forget
> this very easily, and it becomes very annoying.
> 
> Is this something that can be done without too much work? Anything you
> can do in current pg even, just me not knowing how?
> 
> //Magnus
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